Country size comparison

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Spain is about 3.5 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, making Spain 28.72% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (40.0 million more people live in Spain).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Spain uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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